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Charity Details:

Edinburgh Merchant Company Charitable Trust

SC022283Registered charity from 13 January 1994
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The Name the Charity is Known By The Merchant Company Charitable Trust
Address The Merchant Hall
22 Hanover Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH2 2EP
Website www.mcoe.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for the from time to time in the Trustees' charge to or for the following charitable objects and purposes namely: For the benefit of the public primarily in the Edinburgh area, but otherwise throughout Scotland as the Trustees consider appropriate: 1. To encourage and provide assistance to any projects, schemes or undertakings which the Trustees consider will be of benefit to the public or sectors of the community in the Edinburgh area. 2. To promote and encourage the advancement of education of children and young persons up to the age of 30 by the provision of facilities, projects, schemes, courses of instruction and training and other arrangements which in the opinion of the Trustees will increase and expand the knowledge and awareness of such children and young persons in the workings of industry, business and commerce and related matters in Scotland and elsewhere throughout the world. 3. To provide assistance of an educational, social welfare or any other kind to any such children or young persons whom the Trustees consider to be disadvantaged by reason of ill health, financial or family need or in any other way whatsoever. 4. To provide assistance to any other established charity which is considered by the Trustees to have purposes similar to any of the foregoing. 5. To provide grants, bursaries, prizes, travel scholarships, study or research grants, books, tools, instruments, kit or other equipment and generally any other assistance and encouragement, financially or otherwise, towards the fulfilment of the foregoing objects.
Details of the charity's operations
Charity Status: Active
Last Updated: 29 Apr 2025
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 13 Jan 1994
Geographical Spread: More than one local authority area in Scotland
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Purposes: "the advancement of education","the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science","any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people"
Types of activity undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals"
Annual Information Submission History
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Accounts
31 Jul 2020 £7,068 £11,810 23 Feb 2021 Yes
31 Jul 2021 £4,806 £8,748 22 Mar 2022 Yes
31 Jul 2022 £4,742 £8,118 26 Apr 2023 Yes
31 Jul 2023 £7,075 £7,695 15 Feb 2024 Yes
31 Jul 2024 £8,077 £12,810 29 Apr 2025 Yes Not published by OSCR
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OSCR allowed an additional 9 months grace period for charities that were overdue/late when their annual information due by date fell between 01 March 2020 and 31 March 2021.

If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Information on details of charity trustees

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Charity accounts and constitution – what information do we publish?

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When a charity publishes its accounts on its website and has supplied us with a link, we have made this available. From late 2017, where the charity is a company, a registered social landlord or is also registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, a link is provided to the relevant regulator’s website where the accounts are made available. We accept no responsibility for the functionality, accuracy, or content of external websites – if you experience a technical issue with an external link, you should contact the charity directly.

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